Matthew's Gospel: Repent 40 Blogs of Lent: 7 Matthew 3:12-17 Jesus having been baptised by John in the Jordan, and having spent time in the wilderness confronting the devil now starts his ministry: Matthew always provides a link to what has gone before, here the link is that Jesus' ministry started like that of John, …
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Matthew’s Gospel: Temptation
Matthew’s Gospel: Temptation 40 Blogs of Lent: 6 Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus is tempted by the Devil in the wilderness and overcomes his tempter during a period of fasting. The temptations are something happening during the time of fasting, everything is concurrent, it is not meant to be sequential, All of this happens, possibly more than …
Matthew’s Gospel: John the Baptist
Matthew's Gospel: John the Baptist 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 2 Matthew 3:1-12 We know more about John the Baptist from Luke's Gospel, but also from the Jewish historian Josephus, who said: [John] who was a good man, and commanded the Jews to exercise virtue, both as to righteousness towards one another, and piety towards …
Wealth and possessions have a godlike power
Roots 7: Simplicity and service Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 3 March 2019 I love my church. Another long morning. I arrived early during the early service so that I could set up my percussion before the later service, there had bee a concert in church last night so things could not remain set up. …
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Names of God – part 48: God of Salvation
YHWH Yeshu' Athai Names of God - part 48: The LORD God of Salvation YHWH is God’s actual name which he revealed to Moses from the burning bush, it implies the personal nature of God. The second part of the name here is how God relates to us: Salvation is one of those words we …
Confession makes fellowship possible
Roots 6: Confession and guidance Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 24 February 2019 I love my church. Another day percussioning in church today, there was something going on over at the university and our student/musicians were not available for the Friday evening rehearsal. I was asked to play today. At the end of the service …
Names of God – part 47: The LORD is our righteousness
YHVH Tsidqenuw Names of God - part 47: The LORD is our righteousness YHWH is God’s actual name which he revealed to Moses from the burning bush, it implies the personal nature of God. The second part of the name here is how God relates to us: What we have here is one of the most …
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Settle down to the solitude of God
Roots: Habits for fruitfulness 5: Solitude and Silence Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 17 February 2019 An early day at church today, we attended the earlier traditional service as we had an appointment that day involving food drink and friends. We were able to catch up with those going to the later service in the …
Names of God – part 44: The Lord our peace
YHWH Shalom Names of God - part 44 The LORD our peace YHWH is God’s actual name which he revealed to Moses from the burning bush, it implies the personal nature of God. The second part of the name here is how God relates to us: Shalom means peace, but not just the absence of …
Roots: Habits for fruitfulness 2: Prayer and fasting
Prayer and fasting Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 20 January 2019 Last week's sermon was about bearing fruit. It was also the overview for a sermon series. This week we came to church in a subdued mood. We are in the emotional limbo between my mother-in-law two weeks ago and her funeral in ten days …
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Making an ass of myself 